Key Points For years, Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) was synonymous with Chinese e-commerce. Its Taobao and Tmall operations were the crown jewels of its tech empire. The cloud was a promising side business. And investors largely viewed the company through the lens of China’s consumer economy. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. … Read more
This $50 Trillion Robot Boom Starts on the Factory Floor
The whipping post
Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Before we begin, a reminder that our InvestorPlace offices are closed today in honor of Labor Day. If you need help from our Customer Service Department, they’ll be happy to assist you when we reopen tomorrow. Have a wonderful Labor Day! Elon Musk doesn’t … Read more
Is Tesla Stock Under $360 a Share an Obvious Buy in September?
The whipping post
Key Points Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is well off a 52-week high that approached $500 per share. At its current price of around $360, the stock is also comfortably below the average analyst price target for the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer. Yet just because Tesla appears undervalued to the analysts, does that make it an obvious … Read more
QQQ, PLTR, NFLX, SBUX: ETF Inflow Alert
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Invesco QQQ Trust (Symbol: QQQ) where we have detected an approximate $1.9 billion dollar inflow — that’s a 0.4% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 680,700,000 to 683,300,000). Among the largest underlying components … Read more
Bond Yields Are Soaring. Why That's Bad for Homebuilder and Automaker Stocks.
Key Points Most investors have heard by now that yields on government bonds are soaring. It’s been on the front page of every newspaper. Yields are rising as bond investors around the world are selling many of their longer-maturity bonds — like those maturing in five, 10, and 30 years — amid worries about rising … Read more